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In this video, khru Miki Chidchaya teaches how to structure sentences in different tenses; past, present and future. She also corrects common mistakes made by most learners such as adding “แล้ว” [léaw] to form a sentence in the past tense. Not only that, she will also guide you to speak more naturally like a Thai person by using structures used in colloquial language that textbooks do not mention such as using the word “เดี๋ยว” [dǐaw] in the beginning of a sentence to imply that something is going to happen in the near future.…

“สุดท้าย” [sùd táai] as an adjective means “the last,” for example, “คนสุดท้าย” [kon sùd táai] the last person, “วันสุดท้าย” [wan sùd táai] the last day, or “ครั้งสุดท้าย” [kráng sùd táai] the last time. But it can also function as a conjunction connecting words, phrases, and clauses in a sentence. In that case, the meaning of the word can be translated as “in the end” or “to end up doing something” depending on the context.…

เกรงใจ [greeng jai] is one of the Thai words that are difficult to translate into English. When someone feels “เกรงใจ [greeng jai],” they feel shy or uncomfortable to ask for/get help or things from others, especially because they don’t want to cause others trouble or difficulty, or feel afraid to do something that might make someone feel bad, disrespected or offended.…

In English, the word “jealous” can refer to two different emotions. One is “to be upset and angry because someone that you love seems interested in another person” and the other is “to be unhappy and angry because someone has something that you want.”

นอนหงาย [nawn ngǎai]: sleeping on the back
นอนคว่ำ [nawn kwâm]: sleeping on the stomach
นอนตะแคงซ้าย [nawn takaeng sáai]: sleeping on the left side
นอนตะแคงขวา [nawn takaeng kwǎa]: sleeping on the right side

When you think someone got themselves into trouble and they only have themselves to blame, you can say this to that person -> “อยากหาเรื่องเอง” [yàak hǎa reûang eeng]. The idiom “หาเรื่อง [hǎa reûang]” means “to seek trouble.”

When someone did something bad and later something bad happens to them, and you’re satisfied they got what they deserved, this is the phrase you can say to that person -> “สมน้ำหน้า [sǒm nám nâa].” It’s equivalent of the English expression “It serves you right!” A lot of times, we shorten the phrase to only “สม” [sǒm].…

Usually, the word “ส่อง” [sàwng] means “to look through.” For example, when you look at birds through binoculars, we use the term “ส่องนก” [sàwng nók]. When you look at your own reflection in the mirror, in Thai we say “ส่องกระจก” [sàwng gràjòk].…